BOSTON -- After posting a 1.97 goals against average and four shutouts in 14 starts, Northeastern field hockey freshman goalkeeper Aiko Price has been named the CAA Rookie of the Year and to the CAA All-Rookie Team. Senior midfielder Alex Mega, senior forward Amelia Albers and sophomore forward/midfielder Jessica Garden were each named to the All-CAA Second Team, while freshman forward Izzy Johnson joined Price on the All-Rookie Team.
Price made 71 saves (.717 save percentage) and was credited with all six of the Huskies' victories this season. She tied for the conference lead in shutouts and ranked third in saves per game, fourth in goals against average and fourth in save percentage.
Price is the 11th Husky to be named CAA Rookie of the Year and the first since Emmy Stubbs in 2022. She is also the first Northeastern player to win a major conference award since Lauren Rowe was named Defensive Player of the Year in 2023.
Mega earned All-CAA Second Team honors for the second straight season - she led Northeastern in goals (7), assists (6), points (20), shots (33) and shots on goal (23), and had a hand in 13 of the Huskies' 31 goals. Mega tied for fifth in the conference with two game-winning goals and ranked sixth in points per game (1.25), seventh in assists per game (.375), eighth in shots on goal and ninth in goals per game (.438).
Albers earned her first all-conference honor after finishing second on the team in points (13) with four goals and five assists. She also scored two game-winners and shot .267 on the season. Garden, who was named to both the All-Rookie Team and the Second Team as a freshman in 2025, repeated on the Second Team after recording two goals and four assists (8 points) in 16 games, 15 of them starts. Her four assists were third on the team.
Johnson started 15 of 16 games as a freshman and finished with two assists and eight shots (four on goal). Northeastern has placed a player on the All-Rookie Team in each of the last six seasons.
The Huskies finished the regular season 6-10 overall and 3-3 in CAA play. Northeastern, the No. 4 seed, faces No. 1 seed Fairfield in the CAA Tournament semifinals on Wednesday, Nov. 4. at noon. The 2026 CAA Tournament takes place at Drexel's Buckley Field in Philadelphia, and all games in the tournament will stream on FloCollege.
